![]() Kaori becomes almost haunted by the stench of death that the fish exuded, while more and more sea life begins emerging onto the shore from fish big and small, to octopuses, to great white sharks. Tadashi seemingly manages to kill it, but their troubles are not over. Following a strange encounter with a fast-moving object while scuba diving near a shipwreck, the pair are menaced by an odorous fish that walks on land with bizarre crab-like legs. The story follows Tadashi and his girlfriend Kaori, who are on vacation in Okinawa. It had been a while since I read any of the Ito books I’d picked up this year and it was nice to read one of his longer works again. The edition I’m reviewing is an English deluxe edition published in 2015, collecting the entire story into one hardcover along with two bonus short stories. It was originally published serially in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2001 to 2002, before being collected into two volumes that were released the same year. ![]() ![]() Gyo is a horror manga series by renowned writer and artist Junji Ito. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene… So begins Tadashi and Kaori’s spiral into the horror and stench of the sea. Something is rotten in Okinawa… The floating smell of death hangs over the island. ![]()
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